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Join Freddie, Connor and Ruby as they travel to the plague-stricken and fire-ravaged London of the 17th century, where the streets are ruled by a merciless gang of criminals and kidnappers. Stalked through time by the menacing, shrouded figure of the Collector, can the friends outwit their enemies and save history? It's all just a question of time....

Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks. But do they know that the ever-ambitious and adventurous Houdini was also a famous movie star and the first pilot to fly a plane in Australia? This well-told biography is...

Brought to you by Ladybird. A collection of 366 curious questions asked by children from around the world, based on the award-winning podcast by original QI Elf, Molly Oldfield. How much bamboo can a giant panda eat? Do aliens exist? What we would do if we didn't have a prime minister? Why do...

Brought to you by Puffin. OH LISTEN! There's something in your audiobook... A gang of curious creatures have got into your audiobook and we need your help! This collection brings together six of Tom Fletcher's bestselling Who's in Your Book? Stories. Can you help set free Monster, Dragon, Alien...

Nicky and Noni are late for everything. They don't think it's all that important to be on time. Then one day, they miss out on a big event because they're late. Do they learn the value of time? Listen to find out...

For English people Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) is as famous as L.Carroll and A.A.Milne. We hardly know her fairy tales: in spite of their simplicity, her wonderful stories about rabbits, mice, frogs, and squirrels are very difficult to translate – they are full of idioms, puns and lambent humour. Graham Greene called Beatrix Potter "Children' Jane Austen" for deep understanding of the human nature, soft irony, ideal language and style. The collection The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter contains her best fairy tales that have been stealing a way to little readers' hearts for almost one hundred years already.

Learn all about what it takes to run for—and win—the U.S. presidency in this fascinating guide for young readers, part of the trusted What Was? series. It’s the perfect way to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary! What are the differences between America's two major political parties?...

Entspannungsrätsel sind kleine, einfache Geschichten, in denen ein bestimmter Begriff erraten werden soll. Allerdings geht es hier nicht darum, möglichst schnell die richtige Lösung herauszufinden, sondern vielmehr steht im Vordergrund, dass die Kinder die Rätsel mit ihrer Fantasie ausschmücken und sich das Beschriebene bildlich vorstellen. Kleine Kinder können somit spielerisch an das Thema Entspannung herangeführt werden. Die Rätsel helfen ihnen, zur Ruhe zu kommen und neue Kraft zu sammeln.

Have you ever seen a magician do a cool trick and wonder how it was done? Here’s your chance to find out! Just follow the instructions and soon you’ll be amazing people with incredible magic.

Why throw old cardboard tubes in the reycling when you can reuse them yourself? These fun and informative science experiments and projects will keep listeners entertained as they learn about scientific principles.

What kind of games will you play at your birthday party? From musical chairs to sack racing, games make birthdays fun. Learn about indoor and outdoor games to play on your special day.

Quel long apprentissage, pour être chevalier ! Enfant, il sert d'abord de page, puis il devient écuyer, chez un ami de son père. Vers 20 ans, le voici adoubé : à lui les tournois et les batailles sur son grand cheval de combat, le destrier ! Pour tout savoir sur le rôle du chevalier dans la société de l'époque et la vie au château fort.

Aspiring bakers will embrace this charming picture book about baking pie by using simple math, from one of the world’s most creative and celebrated mathematicians. X + Y are dreaming of baking infinite pie. But they don’t know if infinite pie is real. With the help of quirky and uber-smart...

Strategy, imagination, and playful competition come together in this delightfully inventive classic by H. G. Wells. In Little Wars, Wells transforms tabletop toy battles into a clever and entertaining game of tactics, creativity, and storytelling. Written with humor and charm, this unusual and...

A girl gains new perspective, skills, and friends while dealing with an unexpected challenge in this witty parable offering reassurance that while disruptions big and small are part of life, so is learning to work through them and growing in the process. For fans of What Do You Do with a Problem?...

In this My First I Can Read!, Big Dog and Little Dog are home alone and decide to have a pillow fight! Created by Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. When Big Dog and Little Dog play tug-o-war with the couch cushions, the furniture ends up ruined and their person is not pleased...

This fifth title in Jacqueline Briggs Martin's award winning "Food Heroes" series features Farmer Eva Sommaripa, who founded Eva's Garden in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, a place "so close to the ocean, she can smell the sea, so close to woods she can talk to trees.”

Sandor Katz’s love of fermented food started with kosher dill pickles he ate as a New York City kid. As an adult, he left the busy city and moved to a queer community in the mountains of Tennessee. There, his friends grew their own food, cooked and ate together, and sometimes danced in drag when the work was done. One day, the cabbages were all, ALL ready to be harvested. What to do? Sandor tried to make sauerkraut. Delicious! He kept experimenting, finding old recipes, combining old ideas to make something new.

Listeners will laugh aloud at the silly antics of a pair of opinionated sea mammals in a tale presenting two sides of a debate, slyly revealing the way identical facts can be used to support opposite positions. A boastful whale and a showboating otter compete in a battle of words to prove that...

Hör Dich schlau. Diese Hörspielreihe basiert auf den Themen der erfolgreichen Was Ist Was Bände. Das bereits aus TV bekannte Trio Theo, Tess und Quentin lädt auf abenteuerliche Wissensreisen ein und stößt dabei auf viele interessante Fakten. Mit Humor und Sachverständnis wird so jedes Thema zum puren Hörvergnügen. Dem Unerklärlichen auf der Spur Hokus pokus fidibus - wer träumt nicht davon, einmal zaubern zu können. Das Hörspiel "Zauberer und Hexen" entführt uns in die geheimnisvolle Welt der Magie.